Reeling-machine



F. S. KOCHENDORFER AND H. BLOUNT.

REELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION men NOV. 1, 1911.

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REEUNG MACHINE.

A'PPucmou FILED NOV. 1. 1917.

1 65,413, Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

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REELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1917.

1,365,413. Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

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EREDERIC s. KOCI-IENDORFER, or CHICAGO, AND HARRY BLOUNT, or. OAK mm,- ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS r0 wns'rRRN nLRcTRrO COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

REELING-MACHINE a full, clear, concise, and exact description;

This invention relates to a reelin machine, and more particularly to a reeling machine used for reeling or winding wire coated with an insulating covering of baked enamel on suitable receiving spools or reels. The reeling'machine' is particularly adapt ed for use with the machine for coating wire illustrated and described in our co-pending application, Serial No.179,479, filed July 9th, 1917.

One of the objects of this invention consists in the production of an 'imp'rovedreel-- ing machine which willeconomize floor space and in which two reeling machine sections, each comprising a plurality of reeling units, are driven by a single driving means. i

Another Obj ect comprises the production of an improved capstan which is directly driven without slippage and which is provided with means which prevents wire climbing and crossing and. the consequent chippingof the insulating enamel coating on the wire which is being wound or reeled.

A further object residesin an improved tripping mechanism which automatically stops the reeling units when the tension on the wire becomes excessive.

The invention is further characterized by an improved adyustable spool .inounting mechanism, by an improved wiretensio'ning means, by the general accessibility of the spools or reels and wire for purposes oi inspection, and by various other features which will become apparent from the following description and the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the reeling machine with the central portion of the machine broken away for the purpose of simplifying and reducing thesize of the drawing;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation, partly 1n section, of the reeling machme v Specification of Letters Patent. ,7 Patented Jan,

1, 1917. Serial No. 193,643.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the capstan andtrlpping mechanisms; F 1g. 4 1s a front elevatlon'thereof;

Fig. 5 is a section on theline 5-5o1"i "4 looking in the direction ofthe arrows [and showsthe tripping mechanism in "its" normal position;

Fig. 6 is similar to Fig. 5 withthe gearing and shafting removed andshows the mechanism in its tripped position;

Fig. 7-is a planviewof jthe reeling machine driving inechanism jand Fig. 8 is a front felevationof the capstan illustrating the various angles utilized to prevent climbing and crossing of wires.

In the preferred form of th'ejlnvention the reeling machine consists of'a plurality of reeling units. grouped together on one frame, saidunits being usedto draw the wire, at uniform speed, through the baking chambers of the machine illustrated in the above referred to co-pending application and to reel or wind the" wire as it leavesth'eoven in sub stantiallyv smooth layers on fs uitable spools or reels provided forthis' purpose. J i

Obviously the reelingmach-ine herein described can be used for other purposes by slightly modifying the detailed construction thereof, but in its form as herein described it is particularly useful, in combination with the machine for coating wire' ,describedin our co-pending application, for the winding or reeling :of wires which have been served J with a'coating of insulating enamel. f

A complete reeling machine infits preferrcd form comprises 42 similar reeling units, of wh ch but three complete units are shownin Fig. 1,-the remaining unitsmountj-i ed onthecentral part of the machine havingbeen broken away to simplify and reduce'the size of the drawing. Each complete reelingunit consistsof a capstandevice, a tripping mechanism, 7 a friction takeup mechanism, a'reel or-spool support,

'distributing*mechanism. and the necessary 1 shafting and gearing for operatingthe same. As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, 'the 42 units are mounted upon; an I-shaped main frame 10', which frame is carried on suiteachend of the frame. The mounting pedable pedestals such as 11 arranged one at estal atthe left end of the'imachine is pro} 1 vided with an extension 12 whichserves as a housing-for the speed changing mechanism interposed between the main vertical shaft 13 and the driving motor 14. As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the reeling units are mounted on either side of the I-shaped main frame and thus comprise two sections, one section being mounted on either side of the mounting frame, each section containing 21 reeling units, the 21 reeling units of each section receiving wire from a separate oven which is placed opposite to each of these sections. This grouping of the sections on each side of the common mounting frame results in a very compact reeling machine which economizes floor space and which also permits the use of one motor and a common driving mechanism to secure a driving means for the individual units of both sections mounted on either side of the frame.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the capstan and tripping mechanisms, such as 15, 16, and 17, are mounted in a straight line across the top of the machine; while the spool or reel supporting means and the associated spools, such as 18, 19, and 20, are staggered across the face of the machine in two rows, one row being located at the bottom part of the machine and the other about the center of the machine, The operating mechanisms of the various capstans and tripping devices such as 15,16, and 17, and the spool reeling mechanism proper, such as 18, 19, and 20, are all driven by suitable shafting and gearing from the main vertical shaft 13. The wire distributing device 24 and its associated and cocperating revers-' ing mechanism 25 are likewise driven from this same shaft 13.

Since all of the 42 reeling units of the machine are identical, a description of one of such units will suflice for the purposeof giving a clear understanding of the operation of the entire machine. Such a description of the capstan and tripping device immediately follows in connection with Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8.

The wire 26, after leaving the baking oven, is guided overthe roller 27 to the guiding pulley 28, after which it is given two or three turns about. the capstan 29 and is then led over the guiding roller 30, from where it isled to a supply spool or reel such 18, 19, or 20. The capstan and tripping mechanisms are driven from the main hori zontal shaft 31 which, through suitable gearing, is driven from the main vertical shaft 13.

Secured to the main shaft 31 and associated with each reeling unit is a spur gear 32 which meshes with a spur gear 33 journaled on a short stud shaft34 and which in turn meshes with the spur gear ofthecompound spur and bevel gear 35, the bevel gear of which meshes with the bevel gear 36 secured to the verticalshaft 37. The. stud shaft 34 is mounted on a plate 38 which in turn is mounted and pivoted at 39. The plate 38 carries at its front end a handle 40 and at its rear end a projecting lug 41 which rests against the mounting frame 10 when the plate 38 is turned about the pivot 39 to its tripped position, as shown in Fig. 6. Secured to the upper part of the plate 38 by means of the screws 46 and 47 is a case hardened plate 48 which carries the projecting finger 49.

The plate 38 is pivotally secured to a bracket 50 which is secured to the main supporting'frame 10 by screws 51 and 52. The bracket 50 carries a bearing 53 in which is journaled the shaft 31. Pivotally secured to the bracket 50 by means of the screw 54 is a protruding arm 55. This arm is equipped at its rearward end with a protruding lug 56 in which is mounted by means of thescrew 57 a case hardened latch 58 which coiiperates with the finger 49 secured to the pivoted plate 38. The protruding arm 55 is fitted with an elongated slot 42 fitted with a plurality of arcuated depressions in which a cylindrical pin 59 rests. A rod 60, carrying a weight 61, is secured to the pin 59. The pin 59 is held in position against lateral movement in the depressions of the slot 42 by means of awasher 43. The diameter of the pin 59 is considerably smaller than the width of the slot, so that the pin can be moved from one depression to the next, whereby as the pin 59 is moved outwardly in the slot 42 the force required to raise the arm 55 about the pivot 54 will increase.

It will be evident from Figs. 5 and 6 that when the handle 40 is. raised, the plate 38 will pivot about the stud 39, the spur gear 33 rotating about the stud shaft 34 and in mesh with the spur gear section of the com bination gear 11s the plate 38 swings about the pivot 39 the finger 49 of the plate 48 rides along an inclined surface 62 of the latch 58, and the spur gear 33 is brought into mesh with thegear 32. lVhen these gears are in mesh, the lower surface of the finger 49 will have been raised over the in- 'clined top surface 63 of the latch 53, and

the arm 59 turningabout its pivot 54 will. slide the inclined surface 63 of the latch over the lower inclined surface of the finger 49 and lock the gears and 33 in mesh, as illustrated in Fig. 5. lVhen these gears are thus locked and swung into mesh, power will be transmitted from the horizontal shaft 31 through this gearing to the bevel gear 36 attached to the vertical shaft 37 which carries at its upper end a bevel gear 64. The bevel. gear 64 meshes with a bevel gear 65 secured to a. shaft 66, at the other end of which a bevel gear 67 is secured. The bevel gear 67 in turn meshes with a bevel gear 68 which is secured to the capstan 29, the gear and capstan being journaled on tact spring 77 rides under a rod 78'which is insulatively mounted on the top 'of the main mounting 10 by means ofa plurality of rod mounting brackets such as 79. This rod constitutes one terminal of an alarm circuit, the other terminal of which is the grounded frame of'the machine, these terminals being wired through a suitable battery to. an

alarm bell 80 mounted onthe top of the machine and illustrated in Fig. 1.

The arm 7.4 which is pivoted at 73 is secured to the forwardly protruding arm 55 by means of a. rod 81.. This connecting rod 81 serves to raise the forwardly protruding arm 55 about its pivot 54 whenever thearm 74 is raised about. its pivot 73. It will consequently be evident that when thetension on the wire 26 becomes sufiiciently great to,

overcome the weight ofqthe lever arms 74 and 55, the arm 74 will revolve aboutits pivot carrying with it the projecting arm 55, which in turn willunlatch the finger 49 and throw the gears 32 and 33 out of mesh, thereby removing the driving power of the capstan 29. The amount of tension in the wire required to accomplish this action can be readily adjusted by shifting the adjusting weight in the arcuated depressions of the slot 42. These. depressions have been numberedin pairs from 11to'6 to .facilitate this adjustment. Obviously when the weight is hanging in the depression numbered 6 the.

tension required in the wire to release the linger 49 will be at a maximum, and this tension will be at a minimum when the weight is hung from the depress1on-num-' bered 1. Obviously any other suitable means for increasing the moment of the lever arm 55 can be HtllIZBCl.

In the reeling or spooling of wire which has been served with a coatmg of baked- 1nsulating enamel it is very necessary to prevent scratching or scraping which will chip the enamel and cause bare spots in the wire. Great difficulty has beenencounter'ed in designing a suitable capstan whichwill draw the wire through the baking oven and feed it to the ,reeling spoolin. a smooth, even manner without causing a certain amount of chipping and scratching. Obviously considerable power must be exerted the rotruding from the rear end of the arm 74 is a contact spring 77. This con,

stans of these .types are used for reeling this kind there is a tendency forthe wire to pile upon the surface ofthe capstainthereby causing crossings and subsequent scrap .This has beenobviated in the present machine by theqspecia-lly designed capstan illustrated in ,Fig. 8. Capstans are usually constructed with either an arcuated circunr ferential surface, or with a circumferential 5 surface having straight inclined sides and a'flat bottom winding surface, or with a 'V- shaped circumferential surface. hen capwire there is a tendency for the wire to climb up the curved or beveled inclined leading angular surface and finally to get to ,a high point from which it will start to slip down. In this slipping movement j the oncoming wirewill cross over the oH-going wire,;,and this will cause scraping of the enamel. This action will also produce considerable vibration of the wires in the tale ing' oven, due to the slack introduced in the wire this sudden wire slippage, and these vibrations, as L pointed out in our co-pend ing, application, are exceedingly detrimentalf in the enamel baking operation.

All of this difficulty has been overcome by thecapstan illustrated in Fig. 8, in which the bottom wire winding surface 86, of the capstan is given an angleof inclination, which angleis inthe same general direction as the angle of the wire supplying side 87 ofthe capstan, but verymuchdecreased in slope. A very slight inclination of this wire winding surface in the general direction of the advance or leading angular sulf-v face will result in a satisfactoryoperation, but the most successful combination is 'the 1'15 one in which the leading oradvance surface v 1s,g1ven.an angular inclination of 39 degrees from the vertical and theangleof the winding and pulling surface an inclination of 8 degrees from .the horizontal. The other sidewall 88ofthe capstan can begiven any desired angular inclination, as the wire does not'reach thi wall ofthe capstan, but in the preferred embodiment herein illustrated is 1 given an angle of 46 degrees from the War-.125

tical. 'Therapstanisso located on the reeling machine that the oncoming wire from the guiding disk 128 willtserve the same to the capstan on the advance guidingf siirface 87139 at a point slightly above where this surface meets the bottom surface 86 of the capstan. The wire is preferably given two or three turns about this surface 86 of the capstan, and due to the inclination of these two sur-' faces and this method of feeding the wire into the leading surface 87, the oncoming wire will always strike the leading surface and will gradually slide down to and along the winding surface, from which it can be readily fed to the spool below. The angles of these surfaces substantially obviate all chances of climbing of the wireon the advance surface and of crosses betweenthe oncoming and'the off-going wire.

From the capstan the wire is fed through a suitable guiding mechanism such as 89 secured to the cross bars 90 or 91 of the distributer, from which it is fed onto a reel such as 18, 19, or 20. The wire is distributed across the reels by the reciprocation of the distributer cross bars 90 and 91 across the front of the machine. The amount of this lateral movement is controlled by the reversing mechanism 25 which carries the lead screw 92 and to which is threaded the bracket 93 which is secured to the cross rods 90 and 91. As the screw 92 revolves, it carries with it the bracket 93 and thisin turn carries with it the cross rods 90 and 91.

\Vhen a serving of wire has been fed to the spool the rotation of the screw 92 is reversed and the rods 91 and 92 return in the opposite direction to serve another layer of Wire to the spool. The preferred operation of the screw 92 and the controlling reversing mechanism is described in a co-pending application to James B. Kendall, Serial No. 148,214, filed Feb. 12, 1917, but it will be obvious that any other well known reversing mechanism can be utilized for this purpose; The reversingmechanism and its as sociated apparatus is driven by a bevel gear 85 secured to the vertical shaft 13.

The spools or reels such as 18, 19, and 20 are supported on the main supporting frame 10 by means of a stationary bracket 94 and a movable bracket 95 (Figs, 1 and The stationary bracket 94 is fitted with the bearings 96 and 97 in which is journaled a twopiece shaft 98 which is united by a'friction drive 99. The part of the shaft 98 secured to the power end of the friction drive is connected to the vertical shaft 37 by means of suitable bevel gears. The part of the two-piece shaft 98 secured to the other end of the friction drive terminates in a beveled gear which meshes with a corresponding gear secured to a disk which serves to rotate the take-up reel or spool. The friction drive consists of a pair of plates in frictional contact, the plates being covered with either fiber, leather, cork, wood, or graphite,

leatherbeing used in the preferred form of the invention.

The movable bracket 95 is mounted by means of a pin 100 in a channel 101 secured to the main mounting frame 10. The pin 100 is fitted with a spiral spring 102 which tends to hold the movable bracket 95 against the take-up Spool or reel and thus holds the spool against the driving element of the stationary shaft 94. Any suitable means for driving the spool from the rotating shaft attached to the bevel gear which meshes with the bevel gear secured to the disk 98 may be utilized. In the preferred form of the invention the disk is fitted with a projectin pinwhich fits in aperforation with which the side walls of the spools are equipped. To regulate the tension of the Wire between the capstan 29 and the take-up spool an adjustingnut 103 is provided which is screw threaded on a protruding portion of the bearing 96. A spiral spring 104 is fitted between the outer face of the friction drive and said adjusting nut. Obviously as the adj ustingnut 103 is turned so as to put the spiral spring 10 1 under compression, the friction between the two faces of the friction drive 99 is-increased, the outer face of the friction drive being slidably but rotatably mounted on this section of the two-piece shaft 98. As this friction increases, the force necessary to cause slippage will correspondingly increase, and this will increase the tension in the wire between the capstan and the takeup spool. The tension of the wire between the capstan and the take-up spool can therefore be conveniently regulated by the adeter of the capstan and its rate of rotation,

the wire must be wound on the take-up spool at'the rate at which it is fed to said spool by the capstan. WVhen the wire is first wound on the spook-that is, when the core is small, the spool willrotate at approximately the same rate as the capstan, and there will be a little slippage between the opposing faces of the friction drive. However, as the body of this core increases in diameter, the angular speed of the take-up spool must be correspondingly decreased.

As hereinbefore stated, the operating parts of the reeling machine are driven from a vertical shaft 13, one for each reeling machine section-that is, one on each side of the mounting plate 10. These shafts are driven I from the motor 14; through a speed changing shaft journaled in the bearing 115, to the other end of which is secured a spur gear 116. The spur gear 116 meshes with spur gear 117 mounted on a shaft 118 with fourteen other spur gears, each one of a different diameter. The shaft 118 is journaled in the bearings 119 and 120. It will consequently be obvious that as the motor shaft revolves, motion is transmitted through the spur gears 110, 112, 113, 114, and 116 to 117 which rotate the shaft 118, and likewise the remaining fourteen spur gears rigidly secured to said shaft.

Directly above the shaft 118, to the right and left, are mounted two separate shafts 121 and 122. Mounted on each of these shafts is a slidable housing such as 123 which carries an upwardly extending rod 124, on the extreme end of which is mounted a handle 125. The housing 123 carries between its two downwardly extending arms 126, and 127 a pinion 128 slidably mounted on the shafts such as 121 and 122 by means of the key and key=way 129. The pinion 128 is in mesh with an intermediate gear 130 which is carried on a stud shaft 131, the shaft being journaled in a bearing secured to a projecting arm 132 which is integral with the housing or shifter 123. The intermediate gear 130. may be rotated about the pinion 128 into mesh with any of the spur gears mounted on the shaft 118, as the pinion 128 and its associated housing are shifted or slid to. and fro on the shafts 121 and 122.

The top 133 of the housing 12, which incloses the speed changing device, is fitted with a plurality of lateral slots such as 134 in. alinement with the series of spur gears on the shaft 118, the lateral slots terminating in a longitudinal slot in which the upwardly extending rod 124 of the shifting device eX- tends and which permits longitudinal movement of the shifter or housing.

It w l be vide t rom t e a ove h when the handle 125. is-n oved toward the center of the machine, the intermediate gear 130 will be rotated out of mesh with its associated, spur gear on the shaft 118, due to the o a i n of he S ift or hous ng 2 e shafts 121 and 122. The longitudinal slot in he ousing given, an. ng e f inclination fr the o l. h ch corr spo ds t e anglev of the, side cof a 95 formed by the gradual; increasing sizes of the spur gears mounted on the shaft 118. Due to this. angle of inclination. of the slot in the, housing, the

distance that the intermediate gear 130. must.

be. rotated todraw it out of mesh, from its associated spur gear, and permit its shifting longitudinally from one spur gear to another is always the same. Thus for a very slight lateral movement of either handle 125, the shifters 123 are free to. slide along either shaft 121 or 122, and intermediate gezu s be brought into mesh with,

any of the fifteen spur gears on the shaft 118. Consequently fifteen changes of speed may be secured for either shaft 121 or 122 by shifting the handles 125.

The shafts 121 and 122 terminate respectively in the bevel gears 135 and 136 and these bevel gears mesh respectively with the bevel' gears 137 and 138, which are rigidly secured to the main vertical shafts'13 which transmit power through appropriate gearing to the horizontal shaft 31, which in turn supplies power to the individual reeling units. Since the shifters 12 3 associated with the shafts 121 and 122 are independent of one another and can be adjusted independently, and inasmuch as the spur gears on the shaft 118 serve as a common drive for the intermediate gears 130 and the pinions 129 which drive theshafts 121 and 122,,bothsidesof the gear changing mechanism are utilized for driving purposes. ljhis results in a marked economy without. sacrificing or reducing to any extent whatsoever the flexibility of the driving mechanism.

In the operation of the reeling machine the wire orany other material which it is desired to. reel or wind is first fed to the guiding roller 27, around the guiding pulley or wheel 28, after which it is given several turns about the capstan 29 from where it is fed over the guiding roller 30 and thence through the guiding rollers of the distributer 89 to the take-upv spool or reel. The motor 14 having been started, the, handle 125' of the gear shifting device is moved to the notch which will give the desired speed. This will rotate the cross shafts such as 121 or 122 which in turn, through the bevel gearing at the end of said shafts, will rotate the main vertical shaft 13. The main vertical shaft, through its associated bevel gear 85, will rotate the screw 92 of the distributer and operate thev associated reversing mechanism 25 Power from the shaft 13 will also be transmitted to, the horizontal power shaft 31 to which each of the reeling units may be connected by. operation of the handle 40. of the tripping device, AS. the wire is strung in each unit, thistripping device is. operated, wh-ieh transmits power through suitable gearing, hereinbefore; described, to. the shaft 37" and thence to. the capstan 29 and the take-up. reel, Thepositionof the rod, 60 and the consequent movInent of the tripping arm. is determined for sion in the wire 2-6 becomes excessive the tripping mechanism will be actuated, as hereinbefore described, which will immediately stop the rotation of the shaft 37 and consequently the capstan 29 as well as the supply reel. hen the tripping mechanism of any unit is operated, the spring 77 makes contact with the rod 78 which will close the serial circuit from ground through a battery, the vibrating bell 80, the rod 78, and the spring 77 to the frame of the reeling machine and back to ground. The ringing of the alarm bell will inform the operator that one of the tripping mechanisms has been operated, which mechanism can be readily located by the operator because of the inclination from the horizontal of the handle 40, as illustrated in Fig. 6. The operator will then locate the trouble in the wire supplying means, and when this is removed the tripping device is returned to its operating position, as shown in Fig. 5.

The reeling machine as hereinbefore described is exceedingly beneficial and useful in the reeling and coiling of baked enamel wire, the reeling operation being performed with substantially no injury whatever to the enamel covering with which the wire has been served. This together with the compact manner in which the plurality of reeling units are assembled and the positive operation of the tripping device when trouble in the wire supply manifests itself makes the Operation of this machine very efficient and economical. The use of this machine results in a further economy because of the small amount of floor space required per reeling unit.

The invention is obviously not limited to the specific embodiment herein illustrated and described, but is capable of many other applications with but slight variations without departing from its spirit and scope as set forth in the following claims.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. In a device of the character described, in combination, a capstan, a reel to receive the material to be wound, means to rotate said reel and capstan, and a mechanical trip mechanism operable to disengage said means from said reel and capstan when the tension on the material drawn by said capstan exceeds a specified limit.

2. In a machine for reeling wire, in com bination, a capstan, a reel to receive the oncoming wire, a common driving means for said reel and capstan, means to regulate the tension of the wire between said reel and capstan, and means comprising an angular relationship between the winding and pulling surfaces of said capstan whereby climbing and crossing of the wire on the capstan is prevented.

3. In a device of the character described, in combination, a capstan, a reel to receive the material to be wound, means to rotate said reel and capstan, a mechanical tripping mechanism operable to disengage said means from said reel and capstan when the tension of the material that is being wound by said capstan exceeds a specified limit, and means to regulate the force required to actuate said tripping mechanism.

4. In a machine for reeling wire, in combination, a capstan, means to guide the wire to said capstan, a pivotal support for said means, a wire receiving reel, means to rotate said capstan and reel, and means operated by said pivotal support to disengage said capstan and reel from said rotating means whenever the tension of the oncoming wire becomes excessive.

5. In a reeling machine, in combination, a capstan, a reel, a driving means, means interconnecting said means and said reel and capstan to rotate the same, and a pivotally mounted guiding means operated to disengage said reel and capstan from said driving means whenever the tension of the oncoming wire becomes excessive.

6. In a wire reeling machine, in combination, a capstan, a receiving reel, a wire guiding means which guides the wire to said capstan, a pivotal support for said guiding means, means for rotating said reel and capstan, a driving means, means operable to interconnect said driving means with said reel and capstan rotating means, and means interconnecting said last mentioned means with said pivotal support to automatically disengage said reel and capstan rotating means from said driving means whenever the tension of the oncoming wire to be reeled becomes excessive.

7. In a wire tension controlling mechanism for a reeling machine, the combination with a capstan and a receiving reel, of means for rotating said reel and capstan, a driving means operable to interconnect said rotating and driving means, and means comprising a pivotally supported wire guiding means automatically operated to disengage said driving and rotating means when the tension of the oncomingwire becomes excessive.

8. In a wire tension controlling mechanism for a reeling machine, the combination with a capstan and a wire reeling machine, of means comprising gears and shafting to rotate said reel and capstan, a driving means comprising a driving shaft and gear, a gear pivotally supported and operable to rotate about said driving gear to intercon nect it with said reel and capstan rotating means, and means automatically operated to disengage said interconnecting gear from said rotating means.

9. In a machine for reeling wire, the combination with a capstan, of a wire receiving reel, means to rotate said reel and capstan, and means associated with said reel rotating means to regulate the tension of the wire between said capstan and reel.

10. In a machine for reeling wire, the combination with a capstan, of a wire receiving reel, a common driving means to rotate said reel and capstan, a friction drive for rotating said reel, and means to adjust said friction drive to regulate the tension of the wire between said capstan and reel.

11. In a machine for reeling wire, a plurality of reeling units comprising two sections, a mounting means carrying one of said sections on each side thereof, a driving means for each section, a power driving shaft, a common means interconnecting said sectional driving means and said power driving shaft whereby the same or different speeds may be simultaneously transmitted to the sectional driving means, means to connect each individual unit with its associated sectional driving means and means comprising an adjustably weighted latch adapted to be automatically operated to disconnect a unit when the tension of the oncoming wire becomes excessive.

In witness whereof we hereunto subscribe our7names this 17th day of October, A. D., 191

FREDERIC S. KOCHENDORFER. HARRY BLOUNT. 

